She’s there because they are black and she is black. Nothing more, nothing less.

roux on February 27, 2010 at 12:10 AM

Which makes me wonder, since there are so many hundreds of thousands of them at her level and above (no comment) in SCLA, why don’t more of them take her on? If it’s going to be one kook or another, they might as well pass the paycheck around.

and after Congress spends on itself, can’t it afford WINDSHIELDS on those mics?? UGH.

]]>By: immigrantchickhttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3314742
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:30:46 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3314742Wow, did she go to Harvard too? What a genius, reminds me of Obama.
]]>By: DuctTapeMyBrainhttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3314436
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:38:15 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3314436The only thing stupidier than that old hack, Maxine, are the people who voted her into office.

It’s time to repent of your old, stupid ways folks and vote her out.

]]>By: darwin-thttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3314065
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:53:08 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3314065I remember when she was quizzing an oil company executive and couldn’t think of the word nationalize.
]]>By: Hummer53http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3314011
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:18:48 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3314011Don’t even get me started.
]]>By: pgrossjrhttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3313843
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:56:11 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3313843Maxine is just another reason to not feel sorry for California. They keep electing these clowns and then wondering why the state is so screwed up. I still hate Maxine’s mother was not able to have that abortion!
]]>By: RadClownhttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3313632
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:57:49 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3313632

Doesn’t she have anyone on her staff who could have prepped on the material? It’s not as if these are difficult concepts.

Someone who sits on the Financial Services Committee should know this stuff cold. Her criminal ignorance is the economic equivalent of an umpire not knowing the difference between a ball and a strike.

]]>By: n0dozhttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3313323
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:27:38 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3313323There are some truly brilliant black people in L.A., and more than a few are into politics. Why do they subject themselves to the ridicule this woman brings to them?
]]>By: Neohttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3313197
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:55:50 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3313197She was just trying to bait him into saying anything tangentially related to raising interest rates on home loans.

She misunderstood what the change was about, and tried to parlay it into reinforcing her core intent of scaremongering over home loan interest rates going up.

Allah-
there is a big difference between Ron Paul and Maxine Waters though…
Ron Paul actually knows what he’s talking about when it comes to economics. The economics professors at the Mises Institute in Auburn, AL would be willing to back him up on his Fed ideas any day of the week. I think it’s counterproductive to place Dr. Paul and Waters in the same boat.

therambler on February 27, 2010 at 1:03 AM

Allahpundit knows. After his typical knee-jerk response to Paul’s line of “bizarre” questioning, he was informed as to his ignorance on the subject, and he doesn’t care. He has a narrative to follow, facts be damned.

“I thank Congressman Ron Paul for bringing to the public’s attention the Federal Reserve coverup of the source of the Watergate burglars’ source of funding and the defective audit by the Federal Reserve of the bank that transferred $5.5 billion from the U.S. government to Saddam Hussein in the 1980s. Congressman Paul directed these comments to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the House Financial Services Hearing February 24, 2010. I question Chairman Bernanke’s dismissive response…”
–Professor Robert D. AuerbachRobert Auerbach is Professor of Public Affairs at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. He was an economist with the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee during the tenure of four Federal Reserve Chairmen: Arthur Burns, William Miller, Paul Volcker, and Alan Greenspan. Auerbach also served as an economist in the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Domestic Monetary Affairs during the first year of the Ronald Reagan administration and as a financial economist with the U.S. Federal Reserve System.

flyfisher on February 26, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Couldn’t agree more, especially buy lead in denominations of .223, 9mm, and .45

Mini-14 on February 26, 2010 at 8:53 PM

I’ve been investing in precious metals for a few years now, copper clad lead in a brass casing is quite pretty. Don’t limit yourselves to three flavors though, .308, 30.06, .22lr, and 12 ga. are very important as well. A diverse portfolio can get you through the hardest of times.

]]>By: elderberryhttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3312688
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:01:21 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3312688It’s wonderful that Maxine Waters gets her info from TV.
Hope it was Fox.
He who signs variable rate loan papers without fully understanding what they are getting into, gets what they get.
If they went for a variable rate, they were buying with next to nothing down.
Probably borrowed on a little more house than they could afford.
It’s not the Governments job to bail them out.
She is a prime example of how “Watered-down’ our society
has become.
]]>By: exdeadheadhttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3312634
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:41:13 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3312634Is there no Democrat in South Central with a smidgeon of a resume and a lick of sense to primary challenge this product of the public school system? She’s embarrassingly ignorant and (frankly) aids the stereotypical thinking of some who are less colorful but not less ignorant.
]]>By: Willshttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3312609
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:29:32 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3312609Wow, between her Barney Frank and Chris Dodd who all said, just before the real estate bubble, everything was fine at Fanny and Freddy. Waters said that under Franklin Rains everything was just great. Now she’s pulling the same trick however she is so stupid she can’t catch anything. I do believe we’ve carried “affirmative action” to a dangerous level by allowing idiots to hold office.
]]>By: MNHawkhttp://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/26/video-maxine-waters-ben-bernanke-try-to-debate-monetary-policy/comment-page-2/#comment-3312556
Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:57:04 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=83055#comment-3312556According to recent studies, Maxine Waters has the highest IQ in congress.

. The economics professors at the Mises Institute in Auburn, AL would be willing to back him up on his Fed ideas any day of the week. I think it’s counterproductive to place Dr. Paul and Waters in the same boat.